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To appeal to a wide audience, it’s all too common for game developers / marketers to attach the term, ‘casual’ to their product. This supposedly indicates to the lesser intelligent of us that the game in question is all of a sudden accessible and appealing to your grandmother. While casual gaming seems to be the money-maker of this generation, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an indication of quality. There are some superb ‘casual’ games out there, both with financial strength and mind-blowing addictive gameplay, but for every Bejewelled, there are ten failures accompanying. With this firmly in mind, excuse us if we’re slightly sceptical about another ‘casual’ game on our doorstep.

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You wait a life time for a decent game to be converted to the PC and then low and behold Devil May Cry 4 is announced as coming to PC this summer. The Devil May Cry series stars the half human half demon swordsman who travels the lands slaying demons like he’s caught in a Wachowski bros wet dream. Devil May Cry has seen huge popularity on PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 with its visceral combat, infinitely challenging combo system and over the top storylines.

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We last looked at Hard to be a God over a month ago and then it was only in the form of a simple press release. Since then there’s been a steady amount of information released, as well as ample media all that can be found on the official site. Come this Friday, you’ll be able to walk into stores and pick up the title, if its release date of 11^th April stays firm. As a result, while we wait for our review copy to arrive, we’ve wetted our appetites with the demo available on the site. Will we be spending our money on the finished title or is being a god just too difficult? Read on to find out our views.

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For those who didn’t wallow in their parent’s basement dressed in cloaks with a homemade staff, Warhammer (Mark of Chaos / Battle March) and Warhammer 40,000 (Dawn of War) are completely different things. The model based table top games in which their based on are from the same company; Games Workshop but when it concerns the games, the developers, publishers, game universe and critical reception are as far apart from each other as possible. So ignore what standing you have about the Dawn of War series and it’s time to concentrate on Black Hole Entertainment’s Warhammer: Battle March. If you head over to http://www.markofchaos.com/ then you’ll be able to see their previous game, Mark of Chaos. Sadly, despite its ideas, its execution was depressingly average and disappointed much of the community. Luckily, the developers have been given another shot at the Warhammer genre and have come back fighting. We get a chance to play through the preview build in advance of its 14^th March release. If you played Mark of Chaos then you’ll be happy to know that there are many improvements over it, but if not (as Battle March is a standalone expansion) then it’s not too important.

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There are several arguments that are continually discussed in video gaming. Which console is better? Is PC gaming dying? Is the adventure genre finished? When it concerns the latter squabble there will always be some development studios, Private Moon in Agon’s case, that beg to differ.  Agon: The Lost Sword of Toledo is the second boxed game of the Agon series which follows a quintessentially English professor called Professor Samuel Hunt. He’s a polite speaking, well mannered gentleman who has an unusual ability to get information out of random people. While Lost Sword of Toledo is the second game, it’s actually the fourth episode (out of an eventual fourteen) and it can be played if you’ve played the originals or not. Set in the Spanish town of Toledo the game is a story of intrigue, mystery and adventure. We’ve been given an advanced look to see how the game is faring up.

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If you haven’t experienced a RTS from developers Relic, then the time it would take to read this article would be better spent if you went to your local game shop and bought one. In fact, if you‘ve missed Company of Heroes then your gaming life is severely lacking. Before Relic revolutionised WWII games, they did the same to Games Workshop’s franchise; Warhammer 40,000. Prior to Dawn of War, the 40k universe had had a torrid gaming life; one shoddy game after another. Since its original release back in 2004, the game has had two stand-alone expansion packs and come March, Soulstorm will be its third. It’ll tie in with the release of the Command and Conquer 3 expansion pack so Soulstorm definitely has it work cut out. We go hands on with the single player demo and see if it’s still the cream of the crop.

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